It’s a debate as old as time and has had the world’s finest intellectuals at war for years – what is better to write with, fountain pens or ballpoint pens? Okay, maybe it’s not that serious, but if ...

In business since 1883, this Harvard Square tobacconist offers far more than premium cigars, its shelves brimming with colognes, board games, barware, and more. The common thread? An eye for fine ...

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Go to a meeting at a nice hotel or conference venue, and you'll likely find a fresh pad of paper and a pencil or pen neatly set out at each place. This seems like a pleasant anachronism in an age when ...

Barry Chudakov was a visiting research fellow at the McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology at the University of Toronto. He is currently founder and principal of Sertain Research, a future-focused ...